Deltra Long contacted Historic City News to invite our readers to participate in a celebration later this month to benefit the “St. Paul School of Excellence” construction and restoration project.

Historic City News will be on hand when William T. Abare Jr., Ed.D., president of Flagler College, will be knighted by the Official St. Augustine Royal Family and Easter Festival Committee during the 52nd Annual Knighting Ceremony on Saturday, March 19th at the Queen Isabella Park on St. George Street.

St. Augustine Sunrise Rotary Club spokesperson Martha S. Graham announced to Historic City News today that Bozard Ford will be the “Title Sponsor” of the 16th Annual Rhythm and Ribs Festival.

St. Johns County Cultural Council, the county’s designated local arts agency, periodically reports upcoming cultural events to local Historic City News reporters for the benefit of our readers.

St. Augustine, Ponte Vedra and the Beaches Visitors and Convention Bureau Communications Director Jay Humphreys updated Historic City News reporters on this weekend’s entertainment options along Florida’s Historic Coast.

Florida President Sherron Long is requesting that Historic City News readers who value arts, culture, zoos, music, theater museums, or history, to help restore line items that would support state arts and cultural grants in Florida’s 2011-2012 budget.

Jay Bliss, Port and Waterway Commissioner, provided Historic City News readers the following executive summary from the March 2011 meeting.

Public Relations Director Meghann Gibbons announced to Historic City News that Georgia Aquarium, which purchased the historic Marineland attraction on January 3, 2011 for a reported $9.1 million, has launched a new name and new logo.